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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 8, folder \"Community Development (2)\" of the\nJames M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nU\nHrusing-Communty Housing Community Development\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nINFORMATION\nMay 11, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CANNON\nFROM:\nLYNN MAY him 2\nSUBJECT:\nProposed New York Neighborhood\nSelf-Help Assistance Center\nI have forwarded the attached proposal to appropriate\npersonnel in HUD for review and comment.\nAttachment\nwe\nUpm given\ncan\nbut you judguant There\nyou'reant any Whether possibility\nmuting\n5\nFORD\nOLD GERALD\nLIBRARY is\nDigitized from Box 8 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nCITIZENS\nCOMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY, INC.\n345 Park Avenue. New York. New York 10022/(212) 593-9620\nChairman, Osbom Elliott\nExecutive Director, Dennis Allee\nApril 23, 1976\nDear Jim:\nIt was great to see you the other day in Washington,\nand I much appreciate your interest in our Citizens Committee\nfor New York City, Inc. I hope that we can get together\neither here or there on May 7th or some other day soon.\nIn the meantime, here is some material on the\nCommittee's latest proposal for a Neighborhood Self-Help\nAssistance Center. As I mentioned to you, our main focus is\nto help New Yorkers help each other and their city through\nthese difficult times, and we are absolutely convinced that\nthere is a huge reservoir of talent and energy that can be\ntapped for this cause. In fact, we have already generated\nmore than 5,000 inquiries from volunteers who want to help the\ncity, and are willing to work in various service areas for free.\nBut we think that the real strength lies in New\nYork's neighborhoods and its 10,000 block associations,\nwhich is what the enclosed proposal addresses itself to.\nAs Dennis Allee's memo notes, he has already been in touch\nwith some Federal agencies, seeking assistance. We've just\nbeen advised by the Federal Regional Council that, while it\nthinks the proposal has considerable merit, it has no funds\nat the regional level to support it. Can the Domestic Council\nfind funds in Washington for experimental or demonstration\npurposes?\nAnything you can do to advance this project would\nof course be greatly appreciated.\nMany thanks and all the best,\nMr. James A. Cannon,\noy\nExecutive Director,\nDomestic Council,\nThe White House,\nWashington, D. C.\nEnclosures\nREGIONAL\nREGION II\nas - F41\nFEDERAL\nCOUNCIL\nFEDERAL REGIONAL COUNCIL\n26 FEDERAL PLAZA\nApril 21, 1976\nSUITE 3541\nNEW YORK, NEW YORK 10007\n(212) 264-8068\nMr. Dennis H. Allee\nExecutive Director\nCitizens Committee for New York City,\nCHAIRMAN:\nIncorporated\nS. WILLIAM GREEN\n345 Park Avenue\nRegional Administrator\nNew York, N.Y. 10022\nDepartment of Housing\nand Urban Development\nDear Mr. Donnes Allee:\nMEMBERS:\nROGER BABB\nWe have received the two preliminary proposals you\nRegional Representative\nDepartment of Interior\nsubmitted to the Federal Regional Council for\npossible demonstration project funding.\nBERNICE L. BERNSTEIN\nRegional Director\nDepartment of Health\nThe proposals have been circulated to our membership\nEducation and Welfare\nfor review and comment. Although the proposals appear\nSTEPHEN D. BLUM\nto be of considerable merit we have received negative\nRegional Director\nDepartment of Labor\nfunding responses from the FRC agencies. One agency,\nthe Department of Health, Education and Welfare is\nBAYARD S. FORSTER\nSecretarial Representative\nresponding to your office directly.\nDepartment of Transportation\nGERALD M. HANSLER\nWe are sorry that we cannot offer funding assistance\nRegional Administrator\nto implement these projects.\nEnvironmental Protection Agency\nand FRC Vice-Chairman\nALFRED KLEINFELD\nRegional Administrator\nFederal Energy Administration\nSincerely, Zill\nMICHAEL J.A. LONERGAN\nRegional Representative\nS. William Green\nDepartment of Agriculture\nChairman, Federal Regional Council\nMICHAEL A. McMANUS\nSecretarial Representative\nDepartment of Commerce\nJULES TESLER\nRegional Administrator\nJaw Enforcement\nAssistance Administration\nWILLIAM A. WHITE\nActing Regional Director\nCommunity Services Administration\nESTELLE GUZIK\nStaff Director\n212-264-0723\nNew Jersey\nNew York\nPuerto Rico\nVirgin Islands\nMarch 12, 1976\nHon. S. William Green\nRegional Administrator\nRegion II\nDepartment of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment\n26 Federal Plaza\nNew York, New York 10007\nDear Bill:\nI enclose two preliminary proposals prepared by the Citizens\nCommittee for New York City, Inc. entitled:\n(1) Assistance to New York City's Community Boards in\nCarrying Out Their Service Monitoring and Citizen\nInformation Duties under the New City Charter; and\n(2) Neighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center.\nThe Citizens Committee would appreciate it very much if you\nwould submit the proposals to the Regional Council for their\nconsideration as possible demonstration or experimental projects.\nThe first proposal, relating to the City's Community Boards, has\nbeen developed in conjunction with Victor Marrero, Chairman\nof the City Planning Commission. The second proposal relates\nto the overall program being developed by the Citizens Committee\nto involve New Yorkers in self-help projects in their communities.\nI also enclose a brief description of the Citizens Committee\nand a copy of the detailed program announced jointly by the\nCommittee and the City Administration on February 24, 1976 to\ninvolve citizens in volunteer and community service projects to\nhelp the City during the fiscal crisis.\nBest regards,\nDennis H1 Allee\nExecutive Director\nCITIZENS\nCOMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY, INC.\n345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022/(212) 593-9620\nChairman, Osborn Elliott\nExecutive Director, Dennis Allee\nTO:\nOz Elliott\nApril 19,1976\nFROM: Dennis Allee\nNeighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center\nI enclose a copy of the revised proposal for a self-help assist-\nance center to encourage and assist service-related projects in\nNew York City based on the voluntary action of citizens at the neigh-\nborho7d level.\nThe proposal reflects the minimum professional support required\nto effectively sustain a major self-help effort in a city the size of\nNew York. In fact, based on our experience to date, a one million\ndollar budget for a two year effort to involve tens of thousands of\nNew Yorkers in community self-help programs would be more realistic.\nThe planning, organization, support and dissemination of information\nabout self-help activities in service areas devastated by budget\ncuts--parks, senior citizens, health, housing and neighborhood preserva-\ntion, education and security -- is an enormous task, one which requires\na solid base of professional expertise to succeed.\nIn March I submitted a preliminary prospectus for the neighborhood\nself-help assistance center to William Green, Regional Administrator\nof HUD with the request that it be considered for possible endorsement\nby the Federal Regional Council for Region II. Copies were also sent\nto Bernice Bernstein of HEW; Andy White of CSA and Dominic Massaro of\nACTION. * In doing so, it was my hope that the Federal Regional Council\nwould help to secure multi-agency support of the center from experi-\nmental or demonstration funds available in Washington. In other words,\nthe proposal is ideally suited for modest support from several federal\nagencies because it calls for self-help specialists in a variety of\ndifferent service areas. To date, I have heard nothing from the Regional\nCouncil.\nIt is my judgment that if we could obtain federal support for a\ntwo year pilot project at the scale contemplated--and supplement this\nwith foundation funding, we would be able to lay the groundwork for\nmajor and important self-help initiatives in New York City to ease the\nimpact of cutbacks in municipal services over the next five years.\n* Senators Javits and Buckley also received copies.\nERALD\n- 2 -\nCertainly, federal funding of a catalytic program to promote self-help\nin New York would be a sound investment from an economic standpoint.\nAnother inevitable benefit of the center would be the encouragement\nof badly needed citizen forums to make city agencies more accountable\nfor their expenditures and performance at the local level.\nfiles\nMarch 15, 1976\nHon. James L. Buckley\n17 Russell Senate Office Building\nWashington, D.C. 20510\nDear Senator Buckley:\nI enclose two preliminary proposals of the Citizens Committee for\nwhich federal assistance is sought as demonstration or experimental\nprojects.\nThe first requests $800,000 for a two year project to help New\nYork City's Community Boards assume their new service planning,\nservice monitoring and citizen information programs under the\nnew City Charter.\nThe second requests $600,000 for a two year project to provide\nthe Citizens Committee with community self-help specialists in\nseven service areas and five borough coordinators to organize\nself-help groups and programs.\nBoth proposals were delivered to Bill Green on Friday, March 12,\nwith a request that they be submitted for review to the Federal\nRegional Council.\nAny guidance you can provide as to possible sources of support in\nWashington would be greatly appreciated by the Committee.\nSincerely yours,\nDennis H. Allee\nenclosers\nExecutive Director\nfiles\nMarch 15, 1976\nHon. Jacob K. Javits\n321 Russell Senate Office Building\nWashington, D.C. 20510\nDear Senator Javits:\nI enclose two preliminary proposals of the Citizens Committee\nfor which federal assistance is sought as demmnstration or\nexperimental projects.\nThe first requests $800,000 for a two year project to help New\nYork City's Community Boards assume their new service planning,\nservice monitoring and citizen information programs under the\nnew City Charter.\nThe second requests $600,000 for a two year project to provide\nthe Citizens Committee with community self-help specialists in\nseven service areas and five borough coordinators to organize\nself-help groups and programs.\nBoth proposals were delicered to Bill Green on Friday, March 12,\nwith a request that they be submitted for review to the Federal\nRegional Council.\nAny guidance you can provide as to păssible sources of support in\nWashington would be greatly appreciated by the Committee.\nWith warm regards,\ncomes\nDennis H. Allee\nExecutive Director\nCITIZENS\nCOMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY, INC.\n345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022/(212) 593-9620\nChairman, Osborn Elliott\nExecutive Director, Dennis Allee\nNeighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center\nThis proposal seeks support for a Neighborhood Self-Help\nAssistance Center to be sponsored by the Citizens Committee for New\nYork City, Inc. The center's purpose will be to involve the resi-\ndents and instituions of New York City in programs of self-help*\nin their communities during the fiscal crisis to ease the impact of\ncutbacks in municipal services. Funding at an annual level of\n$385,000 is requested for the following:\n(1) Seven service specialists equipped to assist local groups\nin the planning, organization and implementation of self-help\nprojects. These specialists will be assigned to the following\nservice areas:\n- security and safety\n- sanitation and the environment\n- senior citizens\n- housing and neighborhood preservation\n- parks and beautification\n- youth and recreation\n- health, education and consumer affairs\n(2) Five borough coordinators to organize local self-help groups\n*\"Self-help,\" for purposes of this proposal, means programs of\nvoluntary action, related to basic services, that citizens can\nundertake in their neighborhoods.\nin\nFORD\nGERALD\n2.\nand projects; to develop educational programs and hold work-\nshops for community groups; to mobilize volunteers and enlist\nthe cooperation of City agencies for self-help activities; and\nto help identify local resources in support of projects;\n(3) Support specialists for community self-help programs, in-\ncluding communications and resource identification experts and\nblock association organizers;\n(4) Special projects supportive of community self-help, in-\ncluding informational pamphlets on self-help projects in speci-\nfic areas, a directory of projects and where to obtain assis-\ntance, and special conferences, workshops and other events to\npromote and publicize neighborhood self-help.\nDescription of Citizens Committee\nThe Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc. was formed\nduring the fall of 1975 to channel the energies and talents of con-\ncerned New Yorkers into constructive programs of assistance to the\nCity during the fiscal crisis. The Committee is a non-profit corpora-\ntion with a non-partisan charter membership of 300 persons drawn from\nall segments of the New York City community.*\nThe involvement of New Yorkers from all five boroughs in self-\nhelp activities to preserve and develop their own neighborhoods --\nin the face of devastating cuts in municipal services -- is a major\nprogram objective defined by the Citizens Committee.\n*The Committee is in the process of being expanded to approximately\n500 members. A brief description is enclosed as Attachment A.\n3.\nSpecifically, the Committee seeks to encourage the formation\nof new self-help groups at the neighborhood level and to enlist\nthem in service related, self-help projects. It views its role as\nthat of a catalyst: to inform and educate New Yorkers about the\npotential for community self-help to fill service gaps and to assist\nlocal groups in planning specific self-help programs. The Committee\nitself will not operate direct service programs.\nOperating with a small paid staff and volunteers, the Committee\nhas begun to develop informational projects in furtherance of its.\ncommunity self-help objectives, including:\n- \"Lend A Hand\" literature on block associations and self-\nhelp sanitation projects;\n- Resource directory of exemplary self-help projects and how\nto organize them;\n- Block association fair and conference for 2,500 groups to be\nheld on May 14, 1976;\n- Community self-help conference for high school students to\nbe held on May 20, 1976;\n- An ongoing communications campaign to highlight successful\nneighborhood self-help groups and projects;\n- Special projects to encourage block associations, schools,\nchurches, senior citizens, youth groups, businesses and civic\ngroups to undertake self-help projects;\n- Special self-help programs with City departments, including\na \"Lend a Hand for a Cleaner New York\" campaign with the Sani-\ntation Department, announced on April 12, 1976;\n&\nFORD\nGERALD\n4.\n- A community self-help fund (privately funded) to assist and\npublicize outstanding self-help projects in various service\ncategories.\nThese and other projects, in planning or underway, have a\ncentral theme: to generate information about the concept of self-\nhelp in order to involve citizens -- in vastly increased numbers ---\nin voluntary programs to help maintain the quality of life in City\nneighborhoods.\nNeed for Neighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center\nIn addition to informational projects, the Citizens Committee\nbelieves that, to have a significant impact, it must be able to pro-\nvide local neighborhoods with specialized assistance in the planning\nand formation of self-help groups and service projects. To do this,\nit needs to develop expertise in service areas with potential for\ncitizen involvement.\nNew York City is in for hard times during the next five to\nten years. For fiscal year 1975 - 1976 a reduction in the City's\nbudget of $200 million is being carried out under the financial plan\napproved by the State Emergency Financial Control Board, and impor-\ntant municipal services have already been adversely affected. Bud-\nget cuts of $379 million are projected for the fiscal year beginning\nJuly 1, 1976, and $442 million in cuts are called for in fiscal year\n1977 - 1978. These reductions will have severe consequences for the\nquality and quantity of many vital services, and huge service gaps\nare expected.\n5.\nFaced with this prospect, the citizens of New York City -- in\naffluent and poor neighborhoods -- will either have to devise al-\nternative ways to provide services or do without them. Realization\nof this fact was manifested by the City Administration on February\n24, 1976, when Mayor Beame and the Citizens Committee announced a\nthree-pronged plan* to involve the people of New York in programs to\nhelp the City provide services that can no longer be supported at\ncurrent levels because of fiscal austerities imposed by the three-\nyear financial plan, to wit\n- programs using part-time volunteers in City departments to\nsupplement and support the work of civil servants;\n- service related programs of community self-help undertaken\nby citizens in their own neighborhoods; and\n- mobilization of the financial and human resources of the\nCity's business community, churches, schools and other insti-\ntutions in support of self-help programs to sustain selected\nservices decimated by budget cuts.\nThe first prong of the overall program - recruitment of volun-\nteers for City cepartments -- is underway and over 1,000 volunteers\nhave already been recruited to work in City funded service programs\nthrough a sustained communications campaign spearheaded by the Citi-\nzens Committee.\nModest financial support to enable the Citizens Committee to\nassist local self-help groups organize volunteer projects in their\nneighborhoods would be a sound investment at this critical juncture\nfor the City.\n*A copy of the plan is annexed as Attachment B.\n6.\nCurrently, no other city-wide organization is addressing the\nfundamental issue of community self-help based on the voluntary\naction of citizens as partial relief for the City's deep-seated\nfiscal problems. Some groups, such as the Committee in the Public\nInterest, have concerned themselves with the City's image. Others,\nsuch as the Community Council's Task Force on the New York City\nCrisis, seek to articulate service priorities in the face of a pro-\nlonged period of diminishing resources; and still other groups, such\nas the Mayor's Voluntary Action Center, are coordinating with the\nCitizens Committee to expand the City's centralized volunteer pro-\ngrams. But no city-wide group, aside from the Citizens Committee,\nis grappling with the following:\n1. How to infuse part-time volunteers into programs of City\ndepartments at the community level that have been crippled\nby budget cuts; and how to sensitize City bureaucracies and\ncivil servants to the local use of volunteers in supportive\nroles on a vastly expanded scale;\n2. How to mobilize block associations and other neighbor-\nhood groups to undertake service related, self-help projects;\nand how to provide them with incentives to sustain projects\nover a period of time;\n3. How to recruit volunteers locally for community self-\nhelp projects;\n4. How to develop an information network to publicize out-\nstanding self-help projects as models for others to follow;\nand how to enlist successful self-help groups to educate and\nassist others;\n7.\n5. How to marshall private resources of corporations and\nfoundations in support of the modest needs of local groups in\ncarrying out self-help projects;\n6. How to enlist the active backing and support of the City's\nunique and varied local interest groups (block associations,\nchurches, civic groups, merchants, fraternal associations, etc.)\nfor community self-help programs; and\n7. How to raise public consciousness about the long range\nvalue and potential of community self-help for the City's morale,\nsense of \"community\" and image.\nThe Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) is beginning\nto develop a role in the area of self-help through its thirty-\nfour field offices, but its ability to serve as the catalyst for\na major thrust in this area is severely limited by lack of re-\nsources, an overburdened staff, limited managerial capacity, and\nother assignments (such as administering the City's youth services\ncomponent recently shifted to ONS). The Citizens Committee,\nthrough its proposed Neighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center,\nhopes to fill this void.\nSpecific Features of Center\nThe Neighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center is the corner-\nstone of the Committee's efforts to mobilize New Yorkers to help\nthemselves in their own neighborhoods. Some specific features of\nthe Center include:\nA. Service Specialists\nThe Neighborhood Self-Help Assistance Center will be comprised\nof a small, professional cadre of service specialists equipped\n8.\nto assist local groups in developing self-help programs in a number\nof important service areas. These specialists will support the\nCommittee's five borough coordinators.\nCurrently, the Committee has staff members doubling in parks\nand sanitation, and lesser degrees of staff and volunteer speciali-\nzation for cultural institutions, economic development, housing,\ncriminal justice, schools and select social services.\nThis self-help expertise needs to be expanded in the following\nareas:\n*\n(1) Security and Safety. This is perceived by many as\nthe City's number one problem and there is widespread public\ninterest in citizens' programs for neighborhood security and\nsafety. Many programs are already sponsored by the Police\nDepartment (there are 203 civilian radio patrols, 5,300 auxiliary\npolice, and 21,000 block watchers) and entire communities -- the\nRockaways and central Harlem, for two examples -- are mobilizing\nto combat crime locally through self-help programs. Because\nof the great potential for more programs, ** special expertise is\nneeded to plan self-help security programs with local groups;\nto provide them with \"how to\" educational material and informa-\ntion; to work out cooperative relationships with the Police\nDepartment and other law enforcement agencies; and to locate\nprivate resources to buttress self-help efforts.\n*Only brief summaries of the service area and need for expertise\nare provided. The kinds of specific self-help projects for which\nassistance is needed are listed in Attachment C.\n**The Citizens Committee believes, for example, that the civilian\ncar patrol program could be trebled in one year with proper\nplanning and the availability of civilian band radios.\n9.\nIn related criminal justice areas, expertise is needed in\nthe development of self-help programs supportive of rehabili-\ntated individuals as well as assistance to the families of\nincarcerated persons and to community based prevention pro-\ngrams for juveniles.\nThe Citizens Committee currently has no one assigned to\nthis area except for resource identification and such time\nas the executive director has been able to devote to it.\n(2) Sanitation and the Environment. The Sanitation\nDepartment has been hit hard by budget cuts, and the new\nCommissioner, Anthony Vaccarello, has already announced ex-\npansion of the civilian sanitation patrols that identify\nand monitor violations of the sanitation laws.\nIn April, the Department launched with the Citizens\nCommittee a \"Lend a Hand for a Cleaner New York\" campaign\nto involve citizens in clean-up and environmental projects\nin their neighborhoods. In addition to revitalization of the\ncivilian patrols, projects include the creation of a citizen\nsweep corps (2,500 street brooms are being distributed), dis-\ntribution of litter baskets to block associations, special\nsanitation projects involving merchants and the local sani-\ntation councils, and a mobile education van. In addition, area\ncleanups in all five boroughs are scheduled for May.\nThe Citizens Committee assumed major responsibility for\nplanning this comprehensive program in conjunction with the\nSanitation Department.\n10.\nThe Citizens Committee has one person working in this\narea, but she also is involved with parks and senior citizens.\n(3) Senior Citizens. For no other service does there\nexist a greater need for citizen self-help programs at the\nneighborhood level. Over one million senior citizens reside\nin the City, and hundreds of thousands of them are poor and\nneglected.\nThe Citizens Committee, working with churches, schools\nand City funded agencies, would like to energize local neigh-\nborhood groups to work with the elderly on their blocks in a\nvariety of ways, including:\n- escort service\n- visits and calls to the homebound\n- recreation and education programs\n- food delivery programs\nFORD is 937839 LIBRARY\n- mini-senior centers\nThe Committee is in the process of developing a surplus\nfood program for neighborhood senior centers in conjunction\nwith a leading supermarket chain. In addition, the Committee\nhas begun to plan a Senior Citizens Neighborhood Corps to in-\nvolve seniors in community self-help projects throughout the\nCity.\nThe Citizens Committee needs a senior citizen specialist\nto implement self-help projects and to mobilize the vast\nreservoir of potential voluntary assistance to senior citizens\nat the neighborhood level. Initial planning for the senior\ncitizens neighborhood corps is being handled by the executive\ndirector. At least one full-time specialist is required if the\n11.\nCommittee is to be an effective catalyst in this area.\n(4) Housing and Neighborhood Preservation. Self-help\nhousing maintenance and repair programs of all kinds have great\npotential in many sections of the City. Local residents who\nwish to undertake self-help programs of modest home repair or\nexterior repair or renovation of buildings in their neighbor-\nhoods require information and technical assistance. Self-help\ntenant programs need help with questions of landlord/tenant\nrelations, the administrative requirements of public agencies\nrelating to permits and approvals, and the organization of such\nprograms as Adopt-a-Building.\nVolunteer skills and donated materials are needed to main-\ntain and preserve neighborhood facilities. This includes the\nfilling of pot holes, repairing benches and sidewalks, sealing\nvacant buildings, and painting public facilities.\nThe Citizens Committee has no one assigned to this impor-\ntant area.\n(5) Parks and Beautification. This service has been\ndevastated by budget cuts. Martin Lang, the new head of Parks\nand Recreation, has strongly endorsed the concept of citizen\nself-help, and recently designated a Deputy Commissioner to\ndevelop volunteer programs with community groups in collabora-\ntion with the department. Established community groups are\nbeing sought to \"adopt\" local parks and street trees throughout\nthe City. Other projects will vary from park to park but in-\nclude such activities as gardening, cleanups, grading and\n12.\nmaintenance, tree care, and programming of special events.\nStill other beautification projects include caring for vest\npocket parks and street malls, community gardens, playlots,\nand the painting of public facilities such as hydrants, tree\nguards, walls and buildings.\nTo organize self-help programs on a scale to meet the de-\nmand, the Parks Department needs planning assistance as do\ncommunity groups that have expressed interest in adopt-a-park\nactivities. The Citizens Committee has offered the department\nand other groups, such as the Parks Council, its help in orga-\nnizing these efforts, but needs a full-time specialist to ful-\nfill this commitment.\n(6) Youth and Recreation. Municipal service cuts have\nbeen especially harsh on youth programs. Yet, with careful\nplanning and help with equipment needs, self-help programs\ncould minimize service gaps in this vital area. Among the\nlocal program possibilities are:\n- after school recreation centers\n- athletic programs and teams\n- operation of playlots or other recreational facilities\n- arts and crafts centers\n- beautification and parks maintenance programs\n- environmental cleanup programs\n- service monitoring projects (e.g., food stamp program)\n- neighborhood youth workers to work with youth gangs\n- drug abuse education and counseling\n13.\n- remedial reading and tutoring\n- trips (after school and weekends)\n- music (choirs, marching bands)\n- street olympics\nThe absence of good programming has been a major defect\nin the City's youth programs. The Center's youth and recrea-\ntion expert would concentrate on \"model\" programs -- built on\nvolunteer or private resources -- that have potential for\napplication in neighborhoods throughout the City. At present,\nthe Committee has no one assigned full time to this activity.\n(7) Health, Education and Consumer Affairs. In the health\nfield, the Center's specialist would encourage and help to sus-\ntain many potentially valuable self-help efforts, including:\n- volunteer ambulance services\n- pest control projects\n- health fairs and other prevention projects\n- neighborhood referral programs\n- free health tests\n- eye test clinics\nThe Center would also develop volunteer programs to assist\nthe Department of Health's local programs, including:\n- enlistment of volunteers to serve as clinic assistants\nin district health centers, child health stations and\nschool health programs operated by the Department of Health;\n- enlistment of volunteer to provide direct patient assis-\ntance which does not require professional training, such as\n14.\nrecording the weight and height of patients prior to\ntheir examination by a physician;\n- patient interviewing and screening;\n- assistance to the Public Health nurses in patient\nfollow-up;\n- community outreach to families for preventive health\ncare.\nThe Citizens Committee has no one assigned full time to\nthis area and could use one specialist.\nIn the area of education the Center would concentrate on\ndeveloping neighborhood tutoring and remedial programs for\nchildren as well as volunteer adult education programs to re-\nplace those eliminated by the budget cuts. With respect to the\nlatter, discussions are underway with several church groups.\nThe Board of Education and the Citizens Committee are ex-\nploring ways to increase the involvement of high school stu-\ndents in community self-help programs. A specialist is needed\nto provide ongoing support for this activity which is now being\nhandled by the executive director.\nConsumer affairs is another area with potential for neigh-\nborhood self-help -- and there is great need because of acute\nmanpower losses suffered by the Department of Consumer Affairs.\nA specialist would assist the department to develop consumer\ntraining programs for block associations and other local groups\nand plan various kinds of consumer spotter and monitoring pro-\ngrams in local neighborhoods.\n15.\nB. Borough Self-Help Coordinators\nBlock and neighborhood associations, civic and merchant groups,\nchurches, and fraternal groups from all over the City have sought\ninformation and assistance from the Citizens Committee during the\nfive months of its existence. The Committee's small cadre of paid\nstaff and volunteers has received numerous requests for speakers\non voluntary action, informational materials on self-help, aid in\nstarting block associations and technical assistance on how to\norganize self-help projects in a variety of service areas.\nStaff of the Citizens Committee has begun to develop outreach\nthrough informal workshops to enlist leaders of active block\nassociations and other local groups as spokesmen on self-help pro-\ngrams in their communities. However, the Committee cannot ade-\nquately service requests for assistance from local communities with-\nout a full-time presence in each of the five boroughs. Some\nCommittee members have helped to provide this self-help outreach\nin areas such as the South Bronx, Bedford Stuyvesant, the Rockaways,\nStaten Island, Jamaica and Mid-Queens, but these individuals all\nhave other responsibilities. What the Committee needs, in addition,\nis the capacity to provide information, organizational help and\nplanning assistance to local self-help groups on an ongoing basis\nwithin each borough.\nFive full-time borough coordinators will serve as the corner-\nstone of the Citizens Committee's outreach programs. Located in\nthe boroughs, they will be responsible for identifying and linking\nup with self-help groups at the neighborhood level and for training\nvolunteers to service local self-help programs. Their specific\n& LIBRARY SERALD\n16.\nduties will include:\n- organization of new self-help groups\n- planning of self-help projects with local groups, the Office\nof Neighborhood Services, the Community Boards and City\ndepartments\n- recruitment of volunteers for local self-help projects\n- enlistment of public and private agency support for self-\nhelp projects\n- holding of self-help workshops for local groups\n- identification of resources in support of self-help projects\nThe borough coordinators will be able to call on the Commit-\ntee's service specialists (see above) and other personnel in\ncommunications and resource identification for back up assistance\non specific projects. They will also organize borough advisory\ngroups, comprised of Committee members and representatives of self-\nhelp programs, to help with overall planning and to serve as a\nforum for the exchange of self-help information.\nFour times a year each borough coordinator will prepare a\nwritten report on borough self-help activities for the Citizens\nCommittee's board of directors and executive director.\nC. Support Specialists\nCommunications: An essential ingredient of the Citizens\nCommittee's overall program is to publicize self-help activities\nand to develop an overall communications program to facilitate the\nexchange of information about self-help.\n17.\nA sustained media program to stimulate community self-help\nactivities will have many positive advantages:\n(1) At the most fundamental level, it can help to change basic\nattitudes of New Yorkers about the desirability and need for\nself-help based on voluntary action in the face of crippling\nbudget cuts.\n(2) It can highlight \"models\" of community self-help programs\nfor other to emulate.\n(3) It can provide reward and recognition to local groups\nwhose efforts otherwise would not be known outside their\nimmediate neighborhoods.\n(4) It can serve as a tool to enlist citizens and local groups\nin self-help projects and to stimulate new projects.\nThe Citizens Committee has devoted considerable time trying\nto get the message out to New Yorkers about the contributions that\nvolunteer programs can make to ease the City's fiscal plight.\nSeveral full-page advertisements have been run in the daily papers;\nvolunteer public service spots have been placed in numerous local\nT.V. and radio outlets; national and local media have been fed\nstories about \"help the City\" efforts, and representatives of radio\nand T.V. stations, city-wide and local papers have been encouraged\nto develop special projects and features to promote volunteerism\nin City agencies.\nBeginning in May, the Committee will shift its communications\nefforts to \"community self-help\" with particular emphasis on stories\nand spot advertisements in local community newspapers and the high-\nlighting of successful self-help projects in the city-wide media.\n18.\nTo be able to coordinate this comprehensive communications\nprogram, the Committee needs support for one communications\nspecialist.\nResource Identification: Numerous community self-help pro-\njects based on voluntary action require small infusions of funds\nfor equipment and other special needs. For many groups -- especially\nfrom neighborhoods where residents are of modest means -- the ina-\nbility to finance small project needs has been a serious impediment\nto the expansion of self-help efforts. This is true, for example,\nof the Police Department's successful civilian band radio program.\nThe Citizens Committee is not in business to locate resources\nfor individual self-help programs, but it will try to marshall pri-\nvate support for bulk equipment needs of select self-help projects\nthat have potential for widespread application, such as:\n- civilian band radios\n- self-help sanitation equipment (power sweepers, brooms,\nlitter baskets)\n- building materials, paint and tools for neighborhood preser-\nvation projects\n- trees, tools, shrubs for parks and beautification projects\n-- books, athletic and educational equipment for youth and\nsenior citizen programs\nIn addition, the Committee would like to be able to help\nself-help groups by identifying specialized volunteer talent to\nassist them in planning and implementing projects -- such as law-\nyers, auditors, planners, fund raisers, public relations experts,\netc.\nFORD & LIBRARY 07V839\n19.\nThe Committee has one person devoted full time to resource\nidentification and is in the process of putting together a resource\nidentification committee from among its members. Funds\nare needed for the specialist's salary and for additional\nassistance because of a rapidly expanding list of projects and the\nenormous amount of work required for this function.\nBlock Association Organizers: The crux of the Citizens\nCommittee's program is support for and encouragement of self-help\ngroups at the neighborhodd level. As the foundation for such an\neffort, the Committee intends to focus on revitalizing the City's\nblock association movement. There are thousands of block and\nneighborhood associations in the City (and over 35,000 blocks)\nwith potential for involvement in self-help service projects.\nSpecific programs planned include:\n- a major city-wide block association fair and conference to\nbe held on May 15 at which over 2,500 organizations will be\nrepresented;\n- educational pamphlets and directories on block associations\nand self-help projects;\n- a speakers bureau comprised of block association leaders to\nadvise local groups on the formation of block associations\nand on self-help opportunities and assistance available to them;\n- a technical assistance unit to help block associations plan\nself-help projects;\n- special projects involving block associations on a city-\nwide basis (e.g., distribution of litter baskets to block\nassociations as part of the Lend A Hand for a Cleaner New\n20.\nYork campaign);\nWork on the above projects, and others, is currently being\nhandled by the Committee's one block association expert, but the\nvolume of work requires at least three full-time specialists. This\nis especially true for the task of organizing and administering\nvolunteers to man the speakers bureau and technical assistance unit.\nFunding support for two block association organizers is\nessential.\nD. Special Projects\nIn order to provide maximum visibility and support to community\nself-help activities throughout the City, the Citizens Committee\nhas planned several special projects. These include:\n(1) A half-hour film in conjunction with First National City\nfeaturing outstanding examples of community self-help for\nwidespread dissemination throughout the City.\n(2) A Community Self-Help Fund* to assist and provide recog-\nnition to outstanding self-help projects through small grants\nmade at periodic intervals during the year (see Attachment D).\n(3) A series of \"Lend A Hand\" self-help pamphlets** for block\nassociations, sanitation, senior citizens, security, education,\nhealth, parks and beautification, housing, neighborhood preser-\nvation and consumer affairs.\n*About $50,000 has already been pledged for the Fund by several\nfoundations.\n**Pamphlets in the first two areas are in production and 25,000\ncopies of the block association pamphlet will be ready for dis-\ntribution in mid-May.\n21.\n(4) A directory of 75 to 100 self-help projects, including\na brief description, basic steps to implement projects and\nwhere to obtain assistance and information.\n(5) Conferences and workshops, including the city-wide con-\nference for block associations to be held on May 15 and a\nself-help conference for high schools to be held in conjunc-\ntion with the Board of Education on May 20. In addition, the\nCommittee would like to arrange a series of self-help work-\nshops throughout the City and additional conferences in the\nareas of security and senior citizens.\n(6) A communications program to raise public consciousness\nabout community self-help, including advertisements in news-\npapers, public service spots for T.V. and radio, a self-help\nbulletin board in local neighborhood papers, and special pro-\ngrams to highlight and públicize outstanding self-help\nprograms.\nGERALD R. FORD\n22.\nBudget\n(One Year)\nItem\nAmount\n1. Director Neighborhood Self-Help\nAssistance Center\n$ 25,000\n2. Seven service specialists\n($16,000 each)\n112,000\n3. Five borough coordinators\n($14,000 each)\n70,000\n4. Support specialists for communications\n($15,000), resource identification\n($15,000), and block associations\n(2 - $13,000 each)\n56,000\n5. Clerical staff for items 1-4\n(8 secretaries at $9,000 each)\n72,000\n6. Special Projects\n50,000\na. \"How to\" pamphlets and\nproject directory\n($20,000)\nb.\nConferences & workshops\n($10,000)\nC. Communications program\n($20,000)\nTOTAL COSTS:\n$385,000\nUnivery\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMay 24, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON Shin\nSUBJECT:\nResponse to Mayor Cianci\nProvidence, Rhode Island\nMayor Vincent Cianci wrote to you on May 10, expressing\nhis appreciation for the opportunity to participate in\nthe White House meeting on \"Ethnicity and Neighborhood\nRevitalization.\"\nAttached at Tab A is a draft reply for your signature.\nExecutive Chamber, City of Providence, Rhode Island\nVincent A. Cianci, Jr.\nMAYOR\nMay 10, 1976\nAnd\nThe Honorable Gerald R. Ford\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear President Ford:\nI was delighted to participate with you, the honorable members\nof the Cabinet, and the various representatives from different parts\nof the country at the White House meeting last week on \"Ethnicity\n/ and Neighborhood Revitalization.\" Your commitment \"to strengthen\nthe ties of community and neighborhood within our society,\" is deeply\nappreciated by those of us who have begun our individual work in our\ncommunities, and by your appointment of Mr. William J. Baroody, Jr.\nand Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, you give visible support of the high prior-\nity in which you view this program. The skills and empathy of these\ntwo fine men were in evidence by the manner in which they conducted\nthe special meeting, and by their clear presentation of the policies\nof your administration in regard to neighborhood revitalization.\nThe consensus of those present was to urge you to consider the\nestablishment of a Presidential Task Force, Commission, or Council\nto promote a national neighborhood policy to revitalize the neighbor-\nhoods in our urban centers. By such action and continuing discussion\non matters of ethnicity and neighborhood revitalization, the work of\nyour administration in the rejuvenation of our cities will move for-\nward into the 1980's with a firm direction. In this manner, further-\nmore, we can begin to help individual communities help themselves\ntoward a brighter future. I look forward to continuing discussions\nwith you and your staff in the days ahead.\nWarm personal regards.\nSincerely,\nUncenta hanicy Mayor of Providence\nVINCENT A. CIANCI, JR.\nVAC\nCC: Mr. William J. Baroody, Jr.\nDr. Myron B. Kuropas\nEXECUTIVE CORRESPONDENCE\nMay 24, 1976\nDear Mayor Cianci:\nThank you for your recent letter expressing your\nappreciation for the opportunity to participate\nin the White House meeting on \"Ethnicity and Neigh-\nborhood Revitalization.\"\nI very much appreciated your participation and am\npleased to hear that you viewed the meeting as a\npositive step toward resolving the many issues\nfaced by the neighborhoods of our large urban areas.\nSincerely,\nHonorable Vincent A. Cianci, Jr.\nMayor of Providence\nProvidence, Rhode Island\nDO WRITE ON THIS COVER AS IT IS INTENDED FOR OFFICE RE-USE\nRETURN NOT IT WITH THE FILE COPIES TO ORIGINATING\nETHNIC PURITY - NEW JERSEY\nQ:\nCould you elaborate on your views, as first expressed\nin the Rose Garden news conference with the American\nSociety of Newspaper Editors, on what role the Federal\nand State governments should play in opening up suburbs\nor racially restricted areas of cities to member of\nminority groups and specifically to blacks.\nA:\nI stated at that time that I supported existing Federal\nhousing laws. The Housing and Community Development\nAct of 1974, the first law that I signed when I took\noffice, provides for greater participation by State and\nlocal governments in the use of Federal funds for\nhousing and urban needs.\nThe law also provides, however, that communities which\napply for Federal Community Development Block Grants\nmust provide a housing assistance plan for low-income\npeople residing in the community or expected to reside,\nwhich complies with civil rights legislation and provides\nadequate citizen participation.\nAnother part of the law, Section 8, provides direct\ncash assistance for lower-income families to meet their\nhousing needs. This provision avoids the massive\nhousing projects that characterized former Federal\npublic housing programs, which antagonized many suburban\ncommunities.\nTaken together, the various provisions of the 1974 Act\nprovide a sensible and flexible guideline for the\ninteraction of Federal, State and local governments in\nthe matter of low-income housing.\nFLM\n6/2/76\nCD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nINFORMATION\nWASHINGTON\nJune 16, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CANNON\nFROM:\nSUBJECT:\nPossible Ena Denial X of Boston's\nLYNN MAY\nCommunity Development Block Grants\nAttached is correspondence from the HUD Regional Office\nconcerning possible disapproval of Boston's Second Year\nBlock Grant Entitlement application. In light of the busing\nsituation, I felt you should be aware of this development.\nI will monitor closely HUD negotiations with Boston in\nthis matter and keep you advised.\nAttachment\nCC: Jim Cavanaugh\nArt Quern\nSteve McConahey\nDick\nParsons\non what trunslate grounds officially. for 7\ncan you the\nfrom\nThank 80\nNUD-55 (7-75) PREVIOUS EDITION MAY BE USED\nMemorandum\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF\nHOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT\nTO\n:\nDavid O. Meeker, Jr., Assistant Secretary\nDATE: 10 JUN 1975\nfor CPD, C\nIN REPLY REFER TO:\n1.1G:CM\nFROM\n: William H. Hernandez, Jr., Boston Area Office, 1.1S\nSUBJECT: Recommendation of Disapproval of City of Boston's Second Year\nEntitlement Application\nProgram No. B-76-MC-25-002\nThis memorandum will advise you that the Boston Area Office has completed the\nreview of Boston's Application for Second Year Block Grant Entitlement funding\nand has determined that the Application should be disapproved unless the applicant\nmakes certain additions to its statement of needs and objectives and develops\nactivities appropriate to meet these needs and objectives. The City has failed\nto comply with 24CFR570. which requires the applicant to \"take into consider-\nation and summarize\" special needs which are found to exist for members of an\nidentifiable segment of the total group of lower-income persons in the City.\nNoncompliance with Section 303(a) is a basis for disapproval of the application\nunder Section 104(c)(3) of Title I and Section 306(b)(2)(iii) of the Regulations.\nSpecifically, the special needs not identified by the applicant are the need for\nprograms to increase access by minorities to predominately white neighborhoods\nand to services and facilities located therein and for services to protect those\nminority persons living or seeking to live in such neighborhoods against violence\nand harassment.\nNotwithstanding this issue, the application is otherwise approvable. At the\nrequest of Mr. Maynard, we-will not pursue this issue with Boston until the\nCentral Office has had an opportunity to concur in the precise text of such\ncommunication. We are forwarding herewith a copy of the application and all\ntechnical reviews.\nArea/Office Director\nEnclosures\nRALD\nGERALD R\nMemorandum\nHOUSING AND URBAN DEVEROPMENT\nTO\n:\nJohn Mongan, Chief Program\nning and Support\nDATE: June 8, 1976\nBranch, 1.1CPS\nIN REPLY REFER TO:\n1.1E\nFROM\n: James R. Turner, JI., Equal Opportunity Division,\n1.1E\nSUBJECT: Year 2 CDBG Entitlement Application Review\nBoston, Mass.-Grant No.B-76-MC-25-0002\nThis Division has carefully reviewed the subject application, and at this\ntime cannot recommend that it be approved for reasons as follows:\n1. Negative findings resulting from the Annual In-House Review (trans-\nmitted on May 12, 1976)\n2. Inconsistency with the provisions of Section 570.306(b)(2) of the\nCDBG regulations, insofar as Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity staff\nhas determined that on the basis of significant facts and data gen-\nerally available and pertaining to community housing needs and ob-\njectives, the applicant's description of such needs and objectives\nis plainly inconsistent with such facts and data.\n3. HAP data is incomplete.\nWith respect to the second reason, section 570.303(a) gives us the authority\nto take into account, in our review of entitlement applications whether the\napplicant has, in identifying its needs, taken into consideration and sum-\nmarized any special needs found to exist in any identifiable segment of the\ntotal group of lower-income persons in the community. This section also\nstates that the plans should be written in a manner to encompass the needs,\nstrategy, and to provide community development facilities and public im-\nprovements, including the provision of supporting social and similar ser-\nvices where necessary and appropriate. Our authority to recommend such ac-\ntion has in fact been further clarified by 2 memorandum signed jointly by\nAssistant Secretaries Blair and Meeker (re:FH & E0 Review of Entitlement\nApplications, May 6, 1976).\nThe FH & EO Division has determined that substantial evidence, including sig-\nnificant facts and data exist that indicates a failure on the part of the ap-\nplicant to comply with section 570.303(a). Specifically, in the presentation\nof its \"Statement of Needs\", the applicant elaborates in item A on the many\nfactors that have brought on instability in and exerted negative influences on\nBoston's neighborhoods. We agree that these factors and the needs associated\nwith them are elements which effect lower-income residents of the City. How-\never, the applicant has neglected to cite several important factors which sig-\nnificantly impact upon Blacks and Hispanics as identifiable segments of the\ntotal group of lower-income persons in the community, and consider their spe-\ncial needs found to exist because of the existence of these factors.\n2\nThe factors (or obstacles to the pursuit of their Civil Rights under Title VI\nof the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,\nExecutive Order 11063 and Section 109 of Title I-H&CD Act of 1974) we are re-\nferring to are:\n1. The existence of racially segregated housing patterns in the City of\nBoston.\n2. The absence of applicant initiated provisions for equal opportunities in\nhousing and freedom of choice for all individuals, and\n3. The inability of the applicant to assure, as stated in Section 109, that\nno person in the United States shall, on the ground of race,\ncolor, national origin, or sex, be excluded from participa-\ntion in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to dis-\ncrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or\npart under this title.\nIn light of the reality of those factors, it is this Division's opinion that a\ncritical need of the City is to provide social and similar programs to remove\nthese obstacles to a \"genuinely open community.\"\nPursuant to Section 507.306(b)(1), evidence, including significant facts and\ndata substantiating the above findings are as follows:\n1. Data from the 1970 Census reflects that eight (8) of the fifteen (15)\nPlanning Districts (referred to as neighborhoods by Boston residents)\nare 436 or less minority. These Districts are: East Boston, Charles-\ntown, South Soston, North End, Roslindale, West Roxbury, Hyde Park,\nand Dorchester.\n2. Minority population of the inner-city neighborhoods of South End,\nJamaica Plain-Parker Hill, Washington Park, and Mattapan-Franklin\nranges from 28% to 67%.\n3. Racial occupancy of Federally-assisted Public Housing and FHA sub-\nsidized multifamily housing located in the aforementioned twelve\nneighborhoods generally reflects the racial composition of the neigh-\nborhoods.\n4. There is a court case which is pending against the Boston Housing Auth-\nority (Armando Perez et als. vs Boston Housing Authority). In this\ncivil action suit, the Housing Court of the City of Boston has made a\nfinding of fact that:\n\"\noccupancy by race in B.H.A's Federal and State-aided family de-\nvelopments reinforces in many cases and exacerbates in some cases racial\nsegregation in Boston's neighborhoods that B.H.A.'s leased housing in\n3\nterms of its location and supancy by race not only oxacerbates racial\nsegregation in Boston but also impacts certain neighborhoods.\nThe Court's final opinion is that the facts found indicate that occupancy\nby race in B.E.A. is developments and leased housing reinforcos and ex-\nacerbates segregated housing patterns in Boston's neighborhoods.\n5. The Equal Opportunity officer of the B.H.A. has compiled documentation\npertaining to cases involving harrassment of and violence committed\nagainst tenants of Public housing in the following neighborhoods:\nA. Charlestown - Two families were transferred from Project No.Mass 2-1\ndue to racially notivated harrassment, and the actual beating of one\ntenant.\nB. East Boston - due to violence related to the School Desegragation\nCourt Order, seven minority families were transferred from Project\nNo.Mass 2-52 and 12 families from Mass 2-8.\nC. South Boston - eight minority families have moved from Mass 2-23\ndue to harrassment and physical attacks on small children.\n6. The Morgen vs. Honnigan Suit, 379 F.Supp. 410(1974), the Boston School\nDesegrogation Case brought by parents of Black children who attend Bos-\nton Public Schools wherein the Court held that, \"...the school authori-\nties had knowingly carried out a systematic program of segregation af-\nfecting all of the City's students, teachers, and school facilities and\nhad intentionally brought about or maintained a dual school system;..\"\nillustrates that this is a serious problem that is fostered by racially\nsegregated neighborhoods.\n7. There are numerous accounts of racially motivated physical attacks against\nminority citizens who have crossed the racial boundaries of South Boston,\nEast Boston and Charlestown, before and since the promulation of the\nschool desegragation plan.\n8.\nThe BHA has stated to the Court that it has neither the funds nor the\nresources to provide protection for tenants and therefore has to rely\nupon the Boston Police Force to provide such services.\nIn our review of the description and location of short and long term, and current\nyear activities programmed by the applicant, it is evident that the City of Bos-\nton plans to continue to fund activities in locations where minorities may be\nexcluded from participation in, be donied the benefits of, or be subjected to\ndiscrimination under such activities, due to the existence of the aforemention-\ned obstacles to an open comunity as substantiated by the above facts and data.\nThe activities in question that will be carried out substantially in the most\nBERALD FORD LIBRARY\n4\ncritical and racially hostile areas of South Boston, East Boston and Charles-\ntown are: the Housing Improvement Program, Public Housing Improvements, Code\nEnforcement, Reuse of Vacant Land, and the Neighborhood Business District and\nNeighborhood Capital Improvement Programs in their entirety.\nIn summation, based on the substance of this correspondence, it is the opinion\nof the FH & EO Division that the City of Boston's entitlement application not\nbe approved until such time as the City officially recognizes the special cri-\ntical need of minorities which is to provide social and similar programs to\nremove the aforementioned obstacles to a \"genuinely open community\", and de-\nvelops activities and presents goals and timetables to implement these acti-\nvities to foster open housing in all of Bostons neighborhoods and to protect\nthe rights of all citizens under Title VI, Title VIII, Executive Order 11063\nand Section 109. Grant assistance for these types of activities are eligible\nunder Section 570.200(a)(8) of the regulations.\nHousing Assistance Plan - The following deficiencies were noted in our review\nof the HAP, and must therefore be corrected prior to the final approval of the\napplication:\n1. The applicant must record the data for Orientals on page 2 of form\nHUD-7015.9.\n2. The applicant makes reference to the regulations of the Existing HAP\nProgram in relation to the Section 8 Additional Assistance Program,\nin an explanation of the selection of general locations for proposed\nlower-income housing (form HUD-7015.11). To our knowledge, the regu-\nlations set forth in the Section 8 Existing Housing Program do not\napply to this program. This reference should therefore be removed from\nthe form.\n3. Census tracts 815,817, and 1101, identified as general locations for new\nconstruction, are all aroas of minority concentration. The tracts 614,\n907,1008,1201,1303, 1401, and 1403, which are in predominately white\nareas, on face value seem to be comparable opportunities. However these\nareas cannot be viewed as Such by this division considering the data and\nfacts presented in the review of the CD Plan. The evidence reflects that\nit is doubtful that opportunities for minorities do actually exist in these\nareas. In order for this Division to concur with the selection of these\nsites, we must be assured that the applicant programs activities in the\nCD Plan to remove the obstacles to a \"genuinely open community\".\nJames\nR.\nDirector\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION\nWASHINGTON\nJune 18, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CANNON\nFROM:\nLYNN MAY Lynn\nSUBJECT:\nUrban Development/Neighborhood Revitalization\nThe Domestic Council Staff has been working with HUD to\ndevelop new approaches to urban policy questions. Secretary\nHills touched on this when we met with her on the busing\nissue.\nBill Baroody's staff on the other hand, has been carrying on\na series of conferences with ethnic and minority leaders on\nthe question of neighborhood revitalization. Two weeks ago,\nBaroody submitted a decision memo to the President (Tab A)\ncalling for the establishment of a Domestic Council Committee\non Neighborhood Revitalization which was staffed by Jim\nConnor. Although OMB and the Domestic Council expressed\nreservations about such an entity, the President decided\nsome visible action on the issue was necessary and asked the\nDomestic Council to develop it.\nSecretary Hills developed an alternative proposal to Baroody's\nmemo (Tab B) which Jim Connor has subsequently staffed. I\nhave prepared a recommendation on it to the President for\nyour signature (Tab C) that I believe will satisfy almost\neveryone's interest in this matter - the President for an\ninteragency group to look at neighborhood policy, Carla\nHills for the leadership role in the issue (which programmatically\nshould be hers), and OMB which opposes the formation of a\nNational Commission as proposed in legislation by Senators\nProxmire and Garn. (Apparently, Secretary Hills supports\nthe legislation in deference to Senator Proxmire.)\nEssentially, my formulation is to combine our urban policy\ninitiative with the proposed neighborhood revitalization\nproposal in one Domestic Council Committee that can review\nthe issues comprehensively.\ncc: Jim Cavanaugh\nArt Quern\nGERALD\nSteve McConahey\nAllan Moore\nPat Delaney\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMay 28, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\n68\nFROM:\nWILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR\nSUBJECT:\nPreserving the Neighborhood: An Issue for 1976\nOn May 5, you addressed a group of ethnic leaders in the Rose Garden.\nThe leaders were attending an all-day meeting in the White House to\ndiscuss neighborhood revitalization. During your remarks, you re-\nquested that I inform you of any and all recommendations. This\nmemorandum responds to that request and raises some related issues.\nBACKGROUND\nFor a large number of Americans, especially ethnic Americans, the\nneighborhood is at the heart of American life. It is in the neighborhood\nthat those institutions which ethnic Americans worked so hard to estab-\nlish -- the ethnic church, the fraternal lodge, the credit union and the\nschool are located. More importantly, it is in the neighborhood\nthat the remaining vitality of our cities is centered.\nNeighborhood leaders -- ethnic, black and Hispanic American alike --\nfeel that no one in the Federal government cares about their special\nneeds. Few government programs have been specifically directed at\nneighborhood revitalization. Some government programs have actually\ncontributed to neighborhood decline.\nAddressing neighborhood problems is very much in keeping with the\nFord philosophy of returning the decision-making power to the people.\nWe don't necessarily need more programs. We do need better coordi-\nnation of programs which already exist and the elimination of programs\nwhich interfere with local neighborhood control.\nWe have now conducted a number of White House conferences on\nethnicity. There has been a common thread running throughout\nthem -- concern expressed by the ethnic American participants\nover preservation of their neighborhoods. They have formally\nrecommended that you establish a commission to study this issue.\nI strongly urge that we now make their recommendation a reality,\nand thereby demonstrate our concern for and understanding of their\nproblems.\nIt is my belief, based on the merits, that simultaneously with the\nannquncement of Attorney General Levi's decision on busing you\nalso announce the formation of either an interdepartmental task\nforce or a Domestic Council Cabinet Committee on \"neighborhoods\nand neighborhood revitalization. \" Such an announcement could help\nmollify civil rights supporters nervous about our busing position\nwhile at the same time pleasing our ethnic American constituency.\nYou should know that Senator Proxmire is expected to hold hearings\non a bill to create a Commission on Urban Neighborhood Revitalization\nwithin the next week or SO. (See Tab A. ) Mayor Vincent Cianci\n(R-Providence, R.I.) is supporting this effort, as is Msgr. Geno\nBaroni, President of the Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. Msgr.\nBaroni co-sponsored the White House Conference on Neighborhood\nRevitalization which you addressed in the Rose Garden. Action by\nyou on this issue would preempt Senator Proxmire and any other\nDemocrats.\nYou should also be aware that a conference is scheduled for June 13,\nsponsored by the National People's Action Committee. They are\nexpecting to attract 2000 representatives to that conference and,\naccording to the Nicholas von Hoffman article (Tab B), a major\nfocus of that conference will be on red lining.\nThe next White House Conference on Ethnicity will be on June 1, and\nif our announcement isn't tied to the busing decision, it could be\nannounced then. In any event, it would clearly be desirable to make\nthe announcement before the Proxmire bill is introduced and the\nFORD i LIBRARY\nPeople's conference held on June 13.\nAttached at Tab C is some follow-up publicity from our recent ethnic\nmeetings.\n- 3\nACTION\nI seek concurrences on the following:\nAgree\nDisagree\n1.\nAnnouncement of a Domestic Council\nCommittee on neighborhood revitalization,\nor alternatively, announcement of an\ninterdepartmental Executive Branch task\nforce on neighborhood revitalization.\n2.\nThe above should be announced on\n(a) a date pegged to the announcement\nof Attorney General Levi's busing\ndecision,\n(b) several days before the National\nPeople's Action Committee meeting\non June 13, or\n(c) during the June 1 White House\nConference on Ethnicity.\n: * or ADURING * AND\nTHE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMEN\n$ 16/76\nUNITED C\nWASHINGTON, D.C.. 20410\nLynna A\nJune 16, 1976\nI\nMs see\ntoday. gun\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nThe President\nFROM:\nCarla A. Hills\nSUBJECT:\nUrban Development and\nNeighborhood Revitalization\nOn June 11, Senators Garn and Proxmire introduced S.3554\nwhich would establish a National Commission on Neighborhoods,\nto investigate \"...the factors contributing to the decline of\ncity neighborhoods and the factors necessary to neighborhood\nsurvival and revitalization.' The Commission will recommend\nmodifications in Federal, state, and local laws, policies, and\nprograms to facilitate neighborhood preservation and revitalization.\nThis proposal is consistent with stated Administration policy\nto assist communities to conserve existing urban assets and to\ndeal with neighborhood decline.\nI recommend that the Administration support S.3554 and in\naddition establish immediately a seven member Domestic Council\nCommittee on Urban Development: (1) to review in a comprehensive\nmanner all Federal programs which have an impact on neighborhood\ndevelopment and stabilization; (2) to serve as an Executive Branch\nliaison with the National Commission on Neighborhoods after it is\nappointed; and (3) to assess the Federal role in urban development.\n1/ The 20 member Commission is to be composed of 2 members of\nthe Senate and 2 members of the House plus 16 members to be\nappointed by the President, including at least 5 elected officers\nof recognized neighborhood organizations engaged in development\nand revitalization programs, at least 5 elected or appointed\nofficials of local governments involved in preservation programs\nand the remaining with demonstrated experience in neighborhood\nrevitalization activities.\nWe can expect the issue to be raised by Senators Proxmire\nand Garn at the oversight hearings to be held by the Committee\non Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs scheduled for Wednesday,\nJune 23.\n-2-\nThis recommendation envisions that HUD, pursuant to its\nstatutory authority \"to exercise leadership\nin coordinating\nFederal activities affecting\nurban development would\nchair an Executive Branch Committee composed of the Secretaries\nof Health, Education and Welfare, Transportation, Treasury,\nCommerce, Labor and the Attorney General.\nDISCUSSION\n1.\nThe proposed National Commission would provide a broadly\nbased forum for analyzing the problems of an economic cross-section\nof neighborhoods.\n2. Because the proposed National Commission does not have\nExecutive Branch membership, the Administration has an opportunity\nto make a constructive contribution by appointing a Domestic\nCouncil Committee to work as a liaison group. Such a liaison\nCommittee also could enhance the potential for successful\nimplementation of the Commission's recommendations, avoiding a\nproblem which has plagued similar Commissions in the past.\n3. The statutory mandate for formation of the proposed\nNational Commission is preferable to the proposal pending within\nthe White House to establish a twelve member Domestic Council\nCommittee on Neighborhood Revitalization, which suffers from:\n3/\nSection 3 (a) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.\n-3-\n(a) An all-Federal composition when the analysis\nrequires local input.\n(b) Omission of Treasury (tax policy), Labor (jobs).\n(c) An unwieldly membership resulting from the\ninclusion of several agency directors, which inevitably will\ngenerate pressures to include other directors, further aggravating\nthe size problem.\n4.\nThe recommendation contained herein to establish a\nseven member Domestic Council Committee would augment and improve\nthe proposed National Commission by\n(a) Building on, but not preempting the bipartisan\ncongressional effort;\n(b) Providing for coordinated activity by the seven\nFederal Departments which already have responsibilities that\nimpact neighborhoods;\n(c) Providing necessary Executive Branch input, liaison\nand coordination; and\n(d) Expediting the work of the proposed National\nCommission by developing immediately a comprehensive review of\nall Federal programs impacting neighborhoods, which will be\nindispensable to the Commission's duties, as defined in the\nproposed statute.\nGERALD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON\nSUBJECT:\nUrban Development and\nNeighborhood Revitalization\nCarla Hills' counter-proposal to Bill Baroody's suggested\nDomestic Council Committee on Neighborhood Revitalization\ncontains many improvements over the original. It would:\n1.\nSupport current legislation advocated by Senators\nProxmire and Garn to establish a National Commission\non Neighborhoods.\n2.\nEstablish a Domestic Council Committee on Urban\nDevelopment to:\na.\nreview Federal programs which have a impact\non neighborhood development,\nb.\nserve as an Executive Branch liaison with the\nNational Commission on Neighborhoods, and\nC.\nassess the Federal role in urban development.\nI concur in Secretary Hills' recommendation for a seven\nmember Domestic Council Committee on Urban Development and\nNeighborhood Revitalization, chaired by her, because it\nwould:\n1.\nAddress the neighborhood revitalization issue,\nof great concern to ethnic and minority groups,\nas part of the larger questions of urban growth\nand fiscal solvency, which are of vital interest\nto State and local governments.\n2.\nAssert Presidential leadership in a complex set of\nquestions that must be dealt with comprehensively.\n-2-\n3.\nProvide an institutional framework for the coordination\nof Federal resources to deal with these issues.\nI do not concur with the Secretary's recommendation for active\nsupport of legislation establishing a National Commission on\nNeighborhoods because of long start-up time and general\nunpredictability of such Commissions. If the legislation is\npassed I would not recommend veto, but I see no reason to\nadvocate it. I think that the Secretary's concern for\npublic input into the study of city and neighborhood problems\ncould be obtained by well-thought-out hearings and public\nmeetings conducted by the Domestic Council Committee. These\nmeetings would establish your Administration's leadership in\nthis area more effectively than support for a National\nCommission.\nCC: McConahey\nMay\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE\nSTATE OF MISSOURI\nJEFFERSON CITY\nCHRIS TOPHER S. BOND\nfile\nGOVERNOR\nSeptember 9, 1976\nHonorable Carla Hills\nSecretary\nDepartment of Housing and\nUrban Development\n451 Seventh Street, S.W.\nWashington, D. C. 20410\nDear Secretary Hills:\nThe proposed regulations for the Fiscal Year 1977\nCommunity Development Discretionary Block Grant include\nrevisions to last year's procedure that could eliminate\nstates from the review process and, in fact, raise\nserious concerns as to HUD's commitment to citizen\ninvolvement in administering the program.\nChanges in the timing of A-95 review of pre-appli-\ncations makes it virtually impossible for reviewing\nagents to provide comments to the selection process.\nThe State of Missouri undertook an extensive review of\nproposed projects in Fiscal Year 1976 and the results\nwere included in the selection process. Under the pro-\nposed regulations, the cutoff date for pre-application\nwill be November 30 and, according to the regional office,\nfinal applications are to be invited by December 24. In\na competitive funding situation it is imperative that\nA-95 review be conducted at the pre-application stage.\nThe elimination of reviews at this stage is clearly a\nviolation of the intent of the A-95 process.\nStrict interpretation of the last section dealing\nwith selection criteria could preclude states from making\na meaningful contribution to the selection process. I\ncannot believe that HUD wants to eliminate local concerns\nfrom the decision making process.\n09/304\nHonorable Carla Hills\nSeptember 9, 1976\nPage 2\nThe State of Missouri is prepared to work with\nHUD in making the FY '77 program a success. To accomplish\nthis, it is imperative these issues be promptly resolved.\nSincerely,\nGOVERNOR\nprw\nCC: James Cannon, Domestic Council\nJames Lynn, Office of Management and Budget\nRules Docket Clerk, HUD\nElmer Smith\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nFrom\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 15, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nDICK CHENEY\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON\nSUBJECT:\nLittle Italy\nYou indicated that the President might want to discuss with\nthe Italian American Society the New York City Planning\nCommission's proposed new zoning rules for Little Italy in\nManhattan, particularly whether Federal involvement would be\nappropriate.\nThe only major Federal programs applicable to assist the re-\nzoning of Little Italy would be an apportionment of New York\nCity's community development block grants and/or an appor-\ntionment of rehabilitation loans for housing or commercial\npurposes under HUD's 312 program. Both would be contingent\nupon application to the Mayor of New York for a share of New\nYork City's block grant and rehabilitation funds.\nPreliminary inquiries indicate that both Little Italy and\nChinatown are part of separate larger community planning\ndistricts and, therefore, eligible for block grant and\nrehabilitation funds. New York City's community development\nblock grants will rise from $102 million to $152 million in\nFY 77. Rehabilitation loans will likely remain at the\n$2 million level for FY 77.\nIn summary, Federal funds would be appropriate to assist the\nre-zoning and rehabilitation of Little Italy, but their use\nwould depend upon approval by the Mayor of New York, who\nmust make this decision in the face of other priorities for\nuse of Federal funds.\nCLEARANCE SHEET\nDATE: 9/15/76\nJMC ACTION\nRequired by 9/15/76\nSTAFF RESPONSIBILITY Lynn May\nSUBJECT:\nFederal involvement re Little Italy in New York\nRECEIVED FROM: Jim Cannon\nDATE RECEIVED: 9/9/76\nSTAFF COMMENTS:\nQUERN/MOORE RECOMMENDATION:\nAPPROVE\nREVIEW & COMMENT\nDISCUSS\nCANNON ACTION:\nMaterial Has Been:\nDATE: 9/15\nSigned and forwarded JMC sems to Cheny\nChanged and signed\nReturned per conversation\nNoted\nOR\nJIM CANNON\nComment:\nAnd\nre:\n090602\nWHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 4, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJIM CANNON\nFROM:\nDICK CHENEY\nD\nJim, attached is an article from the New York Times on the\npreservation of Little Italy in New York.\nThe President has asked that I pass it to you with the request\nthat you look at it to see what, if any, Federal involvement\nwould be appropriate.\nWe may want to discuss it on September 16 when he meets with\nthe Italian-American Society.\nAttachment\n09002\nThe New York Times/William E. Saure\nLittle Italy. New proposals would seek to improve physical ambiance of both Little Italy and Chinatown.\niefs\nPreservation of Little Italy Urged\nBy GLENN FOWLER\nItaly would be kept in small\nNew zoning rules intended to\nscale. The area's indutrial corri-\nSpecial\n\"preserve and enhance the spe-\ndors, on the Bowery and on\ncial character\" of Little Italy\nDistrict\nCanal and Kenmare Streets,\nwere proposed yesterday by the\nwould be retained becuase in-\nNew York City Planning Com-\ndustrial uses are considered es-\nmission.\nThe proposal, two years in\nsential to the economic health\nthe making, stems from a joint\nof Little Italy.\neffort by the commission and\nAlso, near the north end of\na neighborhood group, the Lit-\nthe district, vacant lots along\ntle Italy Restoration Associa-\nHouston Street are envisioned\ntion, to bring about a \"resorgi-\nas potential sites for new hous-\nmento\"-a resurgence-of a\ning with some retail develop-\nhistoric section of Manhattan\nment.\nthat has lately suffered from\nBut on Mulberry Street South\nurban decay and a decline of\nof Broome and on Grand and\nits ethnic population.\nHester Streets, ground floor\nThe new regulations would\nspace would be restricted to\nseek to strengthen the existing\nMANHATTAN\nrestaurants and specialty\nfabric of the 31-block area on\nshops. As part of any new con-\nthe Lower East Side by encour-\nThe New York Times/Sept. 3, 1976\nstruction or rehabilitation ef-\naging more small restaurants,\nfort, sidewalk improvements\nshops and other convenience\nnumber of immigrants from\nwould be required.\nfacilities on the narrow streets\nItaly arriving each year.\nThe regulations would extend\nand also in interior courtyards.\nIn recent years Chinese res-\nto such details as the size and\nLandscaped open space for\ntaurants and shops have moved\npositioning of store signs,\nresidents would also be re-\ninto the southern portion of Lit-\nwhich, for example, would not\nserved, and sidewalk and park\ntle Italy, as the more rapid in-\nbe permitted to cbscure win-\nimprovements would be facili-\nflux of immigrants from the\ndows, cornices or columns of\ntated. To maintain the present\nOrient has strained the capacity\nbuilding fronts. Blank street\nintimate scale of Little Italy,\nof Chinatown to overflowing.\nwalls would have to be punc-\nnew buildings would be limited\ntured with windows or door\nto seven stories or 75 feet in\nSome Ethnic Tension\nopenings, or covered with art-\nheight.\nThis has: led to. a certain\nwork or greenery.\n\"To many New Yorkers, Lit-\namount of friction between the\ntle Italy is a home-away-from\ntwo ethnic groups, which the\nhome,\" Victor Marrero, chair-\nDepartment of City Planning\nman of the Planning Commis-\nhas tried to reduce by devising\nsion, said in announcing the\ncareful plans to improve the\nnew proposal. \"Sitting as i does\nphysical ambience of both Lit-\namid other neighborhoods. with\ntle Italy and Chinatown.\nspecial flavor-Chinatown, So-\nThe new zoning rules are the\nHo, Orchard Street and Green-\nsecond concrete result of the\nwich Village it is a magnetic\n\"risorgiments\" 1974, study that\nregional asset and one of the\nrecommended a number of im-\ncity's most vital places.\"\nprovements, including new\nUnder new procedures for\nhousing, a new elementary\nlend-use review mandated by\nschool, the refurbishing of\nthe revised City Charter adop-\nDeSalvio Park at Mulberry and\nted by the voters last Novem-\nSpring Streets and the acquisi-\nber, the commission yesterday\ntion of the abandoned Police\nreferred the new zoning regu-\nHeadquarters building on Cen-\nlations to Community Board 2,\ntre Street for an Italian-Ameri-\nGERALD FORD VIBRARY\nwhich must hold a public hear-\ncan cultural center.\ning within 60 days and submit\nThe first result was the\nits recommendations to the\nweekend closing of Mulberry\ncommission, which in turn will\nStreet to motor traffic on week-\nholda hearing later in the fall.\nends during the last two sum-\nThe special zoning district,\nmers, the first step in a pro-\nbounded by Canal Street on the\ngram of \"pedonalizzazione,\" or\nsouth, the Bowery on the east,\npedestrianization, aimed at\nBleecker Street on the north\npromoting the easy going\nand Mulberry, Center and Bax-\ncharacter of street life found\nter Streets on the west, has\nin Italian cities.\n15,000 residents, with a small\nNot\nall\n31\nblocks\nof\nLittle\nCC'. Lynn may\nRie\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 4, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJIM CANNON\nFROM:\nDICK CHENEY D\nJim, attached is an article from the New York Times on the\npreservation of Little Italy in New York.\nThe President has asked that I pass it to you with the request\nthat you look at it to see what, if any, Federal involvement\nwould be appropriate.\nWe may want to discuss it on September 16 when he meets with\nthe Italian-American Society.\nAttachment\n090602\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, I\nNE WAY\nCLAM\nOuse\nCAPPUCC\nSPAGNETTI\nCALAMARI\nSCUNGILLI\nMUSSELS\nNAPOLI CAFFE\nThe New York Times/William L\nThe corner of Hester and Mulberry Streets in Little Italy. New proposals would seek to improve physical ambiance of both Little Italy and Chinat\nMetropolitan Briefs\nPreservation of Little Italy Urge\nGERALD ROBID ?\nVEHICLE\n-\nItalv would he kent in sm\nThe New York Times/William k.\nand Mulberry Streen Little Italy. New proposals would seek to improve physical ambiance of both Little Italy and Chinat\nolitan Liefs\nPreservation ofLittle Italy Urge\nBy GLENN FOWLER\nItaly would be kept in smit\nNew zoning rules intended to\nLittle Italy\nscale. The area's indutrial corn\nand enhance the ano\n8\nSpecial\n$\ndors. on the Bowery and"
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